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Definition of Songwriter
1. Noun. A composer of words or music for popular songs.
Generic synonyms: Composer
Specialized synonyms: Berlin, Irving Berlin, Israel Baline, Carmichael, Hoagland Howard Carmichael, Hoagy Carmichael, Cohan, George M. Cohan, George Michael Cohan, Antoine Domino, Domino, Fats Domino, Bob Dylan, Dylan, Foster, Stephen Collins Foster, Stephen Foster, Guthrie, Woodrow Wilson Guthrie, Woody Guthrie, Buddy Holly, Charles Hardin Holley, Holly, John Lennon, Lennon, Mccartney, Paul Mccartney, Sir James Paul Mccartney, Paul Simon, Simon, Hank Williams, Hiram King Williams, Hiram Williams, Williams
Derivative terms: Song
Definition of Songwriter
1. Noun. (music) Someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Songwriter
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Songwriter
Literary usage of Songwriter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. School Violence: Views of Students & the Community: Congressional Hearings edited by Michael Castle (2001)
"I am a singer and songwriter living in Franklin, Tennessee. However, today I come
before you not as a professional musician but as a dad, ..."
2. Claudine the Circus Woman by Timothy J. Quinlan (2000)
"Big mistake. Like I tell my witnesses, don't guess about anything. A lawyer is
the worst client and usually a rotten singer/songwriter.101 ..."
3. Power Media Bluebook W/ Talk Show Guest Directory by Mitchell Davis (2005)
"Interests: American songwriter: songwriter stories, publishing stories; Freelance:
focus on country, bluegrass, acoustic, western music. ..."
4. The National Review edited by Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot (1863)
"Still this is one of the most important qualifications of a songwriter. ...
Still it is a qualification for a songwriter ; for a song should generally ..."
5. Mexico's Gulf Coast by Joanie Sanchez (2004)
"One of the town sources of pride is that Augustin Lara, a famous songwriter (producing
many of his most important works in the late '20s and early '30s) was ..."
6. Voices of the True-hearted by John Greenleaf Whittier (1846)
"The songwriter must take his place somewhere between the poet and the musician,
... But the songwriter finds his ready welcome in those homespun, ..."
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